Local family pleads for province to support costly life-saving treatment for their son
A local family is looking to the provincial government to fund a pricey, but life changing treatment for a rare disease.

A local family is looking to the provincial government to fund a pricey, but life changing treatment for a rare disease.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw reported 1,857 COVID-19 cases on Thursday — Alberta's third highest one-day count since the pandemic began.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
Police are asking for public help identifying two men after an armed robbery at a southwest Edmonton pharmacy.
Edmonton golfers are getting frustrated before they even take a swing because at city run courses, it's now mandatory to book online and pay for the round up front.
Jill Jordan was cycling west of Edmonton with a friend when she says a truck driver began to harass them.
Edmonton Fire Rescue Service responded to a call about a dog alone in a vehicle, driving it, in west Edmonton.
Greenhouse owners in the Edmonton area are encouraging the public to purchase their bedding plants early this season due to a potential shortage in stock.
A central Alberta company that builds log homes has received its first international contract in the United States.
Red Deer RCMP were expected to remain on a scene in the area of Gilbert Crescent over Tuesday night.
Traffic along the QE 2 near Red Deer is being redirected as emergency crews deal with a downed power line that caused a fire.
Red Deer Public Schools has decided not to pilot Alberta's K-6 draft curriculum.
A large structure fire swept through a commercial building in Stettler, Alta.
Josh Anderson scored twice as the struggling Canadiens survived a late flurry to defeat the Oilers 4-3 on Wednesday night in another physical, playoff-style matchup between the teams.
The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo were postponed due to the pandemic. But now they’re a go, and athletes from around the world are preparing to compete in the games that they’ve spent years training toward.
The CFL is pushing back the start to its 2021 season and reducing the number of games played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Massachusetts family settles a decades-long rumour and finds some cold hard cash in the process.
A B.C. man's life took an unexpected turn after the discovery of a birth certificate from Scotland.
A Canadian billionaire is hoping people will ditch their cars for a smaller three-wheeled electric vehicle.
Some construction companies are now turning to 3D printing to build homes in a fast, cheap and sustainable way.
A Vancouver Island man has kept himself busy during the pandemic by designing and building a luxury treehouse.
It's been 40 years since well-known meteorologist David Spence broadcast his first weather forecast from the CTV News Calgary station.
Amanda Stubbs was walking on a U.K. beach when she was forced to run from a huge landslide.
Ont. Premier Doug Ford apologizes for his sweeping new public health measures that he says, 'went too far.'
Dr. Peter Juni, part of Ontario's COVID-19 Science Table, says the province needs new restrictions and a practical paid sick leave program now.
COVID-19 fatalities are rising in India after the country reported a global record of new infections.
Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years.
Indonesian authorities are working to rescue a submarine with 53 people on board that went missing during training on April 21.
Canada is banning flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to stop the spread of new variants.
Maj. Kellie Brennan says she was subject to unfair power imbalances throughout her years with the Canadian Armed Forces, including those in her relationship with former defence chief General Jonathan Vance, who she says fathered two children with her.
Canada could be administering 3.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses a week, but well into what the federal government has coined the 'ramp-up' phase of Canada's vaccine rollout, the number of shots coming into Canada most weeks is still below what provinces and territories are capable of putting into arms, according to the head of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
The federal government is imposing a 30-day ban on all commercial and private flights from India and Pakistan effective Thursday at 11:30 p.m. EST, as COVID-19 infections continue to surge in those countries.
Canada has now administered at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 32.27 per cent of the country's eligible population.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to receive their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday.
The federal labour minister says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to give workers the ability to avoid work emails and text messages as the lines between home and work lives blur.
A Florida couple invited family and friends to their weekend wedding at their 'dream home and estate.' The only problem: Courtney Wilson and Shenita Jones didn't own the estate and didn't have the owner's permission.
Provincial health officials are now investigating an alarming new trend of people with COVID-19 who are rapidly deteriorating and dying before seeking medical care, Ontario's chief coroner and coordinator of the province’s outbreak response team said Thursday.
Ontario's hospitals and ICUs have been crushed by a punishing third coronavirus wave, as depleted resources and overworked staff push Canada's healthcare system -- often held up as a model for the rest of the world -- to the brink.